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Letters Patent No. 92,588, dated July 13, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN COPY-HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to vin these Letters Patent and making part of thesame."

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERvnY B. DENNY, of thecity and county of Washington, and Districtof Columbia, v

have invented a new and useful Copy-Holder for Printers and Copyists;and I do hereby declare the following to be a sufficiently full, clear,and exact description to enable those skilled in the art to which itappcrtains, to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which are madea part of this speciti'cation.

lilly invention consists of a holder proper, of novel construction,adapted to hold the copy in a superior manner, and adjust the same asdesired, and also to support, when necessary, a background-sheetorcloth, mounted by means of a rod or arm projecting in a convenientposition from a base adaptedto be fastened, by a suitable clamp, to aconvenient object, gbr, weighted, so as to rest on a table, saidl rod orarni benfurther preferably hinged to the base-plate, so as to allow theposition of the holder to be readily changed, as desired, without movingsaid base.

In the drawings- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of mycopyholder,adapted to be applied to a printers type-case, a portion of which isshown in red outline, and representing, in red outline and broken lines,respectively, a copy Iand a backgroimd-sheet, as supported by theholder;

Figure 2 is an end view of the base-plate or clamp; and

Figure 3, a transverse section of the holder proper, on an enlargedscale, as represented invg. 1.

,A B represent a pair of rollers, preferably of rubber, provided with ametallic shaft, as shown, mounted in a suitable frame or bracket, C, theformer, A, in xed bearings, and the latte'r, B, at one or both ends, inelongated` slots c, and pressed against said roller A by means of one ormore suit-able springs, D, grasping the shafts of both, as shown, orotherwise suitably applied.

The rollers A B are made ot' suitable length to ac commodate the maximumwidth of copy, which is in.- troduced between them, as represented, inred outline, in iigs. 1 and 3, and held bythe pressure of the spring orsprings I). l

a. l) represent handles or thumb-heads, one or more of which are appliedto the shafts ot' one .or both of the rollers A B, by which to rotatethem, to bring the part ofthe copy heilig used at a more convenientheight, or to indicate, by the edge of the front roller, or otherwise,the line on which the compositor or copyist is at work. l

E represents a wire, or bar, or equivalent device, stretched across theframe and below it, between the rollers A B, and immediately behiiid thevertical representedin g. 3, for the support of a sheet of paper orcloth, indicated in black dotted lines in 1 and 3, to form asuitablebackground for copy written on transparent or semi-transparent paper, astissue-paper, and which sheet may be attached to it in any suitable andconvenient manner, and remain attached, or be removed when not required.

F represents a rod or arm, connected, at its upper or outer end, to the'rear side of the fra-'me C, at its centre, in any suitable manner, andat its lower or inner end, preferably, by means of a horizontal hinge,as shown, to abuse-plate, G', being further preferably curved or bent,so as to project upward and outward from its juncture with the base orfastening, as shown, the object of which is to support the holder at aconvenient height, more or less near'the person. using it, as desired,and on either side of its fastening, as to bring it into convenientposition for the compositor to use his capital or small-capital letters,and, in all its movements, to allow the holder to maintain the copy in avertical position.

The sole of the base-plase G, as shown, is oblique, or inclined to thehinge of the rod or arm F, to adapt it for the angle of the type-case towhich applied, a portion of which is represented in red outline in Iig.1, and in section in fig.` 2. It is provided, at a suitable point, witha ola1np,l`:l, of suitable construction', adapted to engage with a barof vthe case, as represented in said, figs. land 2, to attach saidbase-plate thereto.

The clamp H preferably consists of a pair of jaws, perpendicular to theplane of the base, hinged together at a point intermediate to theirends, as represented at h, provided, on their opposing surfaces, attheir lower end, with .sprus h', or otherwise suitably adapted toengage, to the requisite extent, with the part to which applied, andpressed apart, at their upper end, bymeans of a suitable spring, h, toforce the clamping-ends together.

By simply pressing together the upper ends of said jaws with the fingerandI thumb, the device may be released.

One of the jaws of the clamp may be formed in one part with thebase-plate, as shown, or it maybe otherwise attached thereto.

This form of clamp or fastening, besides its simplicity of constructionand effectiveness, adapts the de.- vice to be readily applied andremoved, when desired, in the shortest possible time, aud is thereforeespecially desirable.

For ordinary copying, the device may be provided with a weighted base,Aand adaptedxto stand on a table.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

` l. I ela-im the holder, consisting of the, frame C c, rollers A B,spring or springs D, and handle or handles a b, adapted to operatesubstantially as described, for the purpose specified.

2. I claim the wire or bar E, or its equivalent, arranged substantiallyas described, for the purpose s et forth.

3. I claim the rod or arm F, connected to the holder in any desiredmanner, and to the base or fastening by a horizontal hinge, g, asrepresented and de' scribed, for the purpose stated.

eases 4. I eljaim the clamp H, consisting of a, pair of hinged jaws,provided, on their opposing faces, at4

their lower end, with spurs h', and pressed apart above their hinge bya. spring h, in combination with the base-plate G, :is and for thepurposes specified.

HERVEY B.DENNY.

Witnesses:

' OCTAVIUS KNIGHT,

W. B. DEMING.

